Calgary city council focusing on Indigenous issues Monday

In a unsocial step, Monday’s Calgary metropolis council league was devoted to discussions astir reconciliation and issues of value to Indigenous radical successful the city.

City councillors were expected to person an update connected advancement made successful effect to the White Goose Flying Report, which was written successful 2016 by the Calgary Aboriginal municipality advisory committee.

The study includes 43 calls to enactment from the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s study that the authors said Calgary could instrumentality oregon enactment to implement. The TRC study explored the past and bequest of residential schools successful Canada.

City councillors were besides expected to sermon ongoing plans to assemble a imperishable residential schoolhouse memorial successful Calgary. In 2022, metropolis assembly approved backing for the memorial site. The existent plans are to person the memorial beryllium located astatine the Confluence Historic Site.

The metropolis is inactive looking for Indigenous-led plan teams to assistance program the memorial. Final plans for the tract are not expected to beryllium announced until adjacent year.

Trending Now

On Monday, Mayor Jyoti Gondek spoke astir the value of acknowledging the past of residential schools and to actively instrumentality portion successful reconciliation efforts.

“I invitation each of you to prosecute with Indigenous peoples done opportunities similar Orange Shirt Day connected Sept. 30 astatine the Confluence Historic Site,” she said. “That is 1 mode we tin show our commitment, not lone to information and reconciliation, but to foster a nine that is capable to clasp Indigenous worldviews and rights.”

After Monday’s assembly meeting, metropolis councillors planned to question to the Confluence Historic Site to talk with elders.

–with files from Global News’ Michael King